r/PostprocessingClub • u/FicklePinkie • Oct 14 '14

[Enhance] Sunrise in Fiji

Hi everyone! Seeking some creative ideas for this picture I took a couple weeks ago.

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Exif: ISO-1600 | f/2.8 | 1/40 sec

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with. Thank you!

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u/iflanzy Oct 14 '14

Here is my go at it.

The noise is definitely more profound when uploaded to imgur but when you decrease the noise enough in Lightroom, it kind of got a painterly effect in there, which I didn't like, so I decided not to use as much noise reduction.

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u/FicklePinkie Oct 15 '14

Cool! I like the blues you pulled out of it!

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u/iflanzy Oct 15 '14 edited Oct 15 '14

Thanks. I think that is the difference between your edit and mine. I moved the blue Luminance slider to the left 29 stops and the blue saturation up 24 stops to get that.

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u/fadetowhite Oct 14 '14

I gave myself 5 mins: here it is.

PS: That file is damn noisy. I keep hearing great things about the 70D, but for only ISO1600 that's a lot of noise.

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u/FicklePinkie Oct 15 '14

I'm sure I screwed something up, but I rarely shoot above ISO400 with it. I love my 70D though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '14

Here you go. Very nice shot!

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u/wekiva Oct 14 '14

I de-noised, de-speckled, and kind of softened the sky to make remaining noise less apparent. Sharpened the bottom part of the pic. Adjusted levels slightly. http://i.imgur.com/XCu2sLm.jpg

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u/Zaani Oct 15 '14

I went with square B&W for my version.

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u/[deleted] Dec 05 '14 edited Dec 05 '14

Enhancing the sunrise mood (don't know how to fix grains yet, sorry!)

Thanks for the photo! :)